Senior Product Manager, CarOffer Platform Tools
Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, CarGurus is the all-in-one platform that’s moving the entire car shopping journey online and guiding customers through each step. This includes everything from selling an old car to financing, purchasing, and delivering a new one. Today, millions of consumers visit cargurus.com each month, and more than 30,000 dealerships use our products. We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, while empowering our Gurus with tools and resources to fuel their career growth. Our goal is to give all people—consumers, dealers, and our employees—the power to reach their destination.
Job Description
CarOffer fully became part of the CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG) family in 2023, and is an industry leader in the digital wholesale marketplace. We are automating a dealer’s ability to buy, sell, and trade cars. By bringing these two companies together, we are giving consumers and dealers alike the power to reach their destination through a full suite of digital transaction platforms.
This is a hybrid position based out of our Addison, TX office.
Role overviewCarOffer is seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to join its Product team. The team is highly cross-functional, requires strong analytical skills, creative problem solving, and a keen eye for the drivers of product success. At CarOffer, a CarGurus company, you will be building a data and insights powered platform that enables teams to manage the entire wholesale transaction including everything from logistics to billing. In this role you will have the chance to chart a path for the next generation of our marketplace, ensure the improvement and reliability of key systems, and identify and drive opportunities for operational efficiency.
What you'll do
- Develop the vision and strategy for platform products that drive our operations forward.
- Identify user needs and translate those insights into impactful platform innovations.
- Solicit input via surveys, focus groups and direct 1-on-1 conversations to test and refine product initiatives.
- Partner closely with our engineering and design team to lead the discovery process and write detailed specs for development and messaging of these new products.
- Analyze data on product usage to drive product performance optimization.
- Work cross functionally with the broader business and effectively communicate team plans and results.
- Communicate with senior leaders across the company to define strategy, work plans and results of new product initiatives.
What you'll bring
- 5+ years of product management experience in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
- Have taken a lead product role in developing platform products to fuel operational efficiency.
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
- Startup mentality; willing to pitch in wherever needed and wear many hats. Knows when to pivot.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and presentation experience.
- Ability and experience working and influencing cross-functionally with multiple teams across the organization.
- Ability to manage projects of varying size and scope simultaneously while prioritizing appropriately.
- Ability to effectively liaison with internal teams, and able to adapt style to work closely with varying personality types.
Learn More About CarOffer's Culture and Benefits Here: https://www.caroffer.com/about/careers
CarOffer fully became part of the CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG) family in 2023, and is an industry leader in the digital wholesale marketplace. We are automating a dealer’s ability to buy, sell, and trade cars. By bringing these two companies together, we are giving consumers and dealers alike the power to reach their destination through a full suite of digital transaction platforms.
This is a hybrid position based out of our Addison, TX office.
Role overview
CarOffer is seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to join its Product team. The team is highly cross-functional, requires strong analytical skills, creative problem solving, and a keen eye for the drivers of product success. At CarOffer, a CarGurus company, you will be building a data and insights powered platform that enables teams to manage the entire wholesale transaction including everything from logistics to billing. In this role you will have the chance to chart a path for the next generation of our marketplace, ensure the improvement and reliability of key systems, and identify and drive opportunities for operational efficiency.
What you'll do
- Develop the vision and strategy for platform products that drive our operations forward.
- Identify user needs and translate those insights into impactful platform innovations.
- Solicit input via surveys, focus groups and direct 1-on-1 conversations to test and refine product initiatives.
- Partner closely with our engineering and design team to lead the discovery process and write detailed specs for development and messaging of these new products.
- Analyze data on product usage to drive product performance optimization.
- Work cross functionally with the broader business and effectively communicate team plans and results.
- Communicate with senior leaders across the company to define strategy, work plans and results of new product initiatives.
What you'll bring
- 5+ years of product management experience in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
- Have taken a lead product role in developing platform products to fuel operational efficiency.
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
- Startup mentality; willing to pitch in wherever needed and wear many hats. Knows when to pivot.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and presentation experience.
- Ability and experience working and influencing cross-functionally with multiple teams across the organization.
- Ability to manage projects of varying size and scope simultaneously while prioritizing appropriately.
- Ability to effectively liaison with internal teams, and able to adapt style to work closely with varying personality types.
Learn More About CarOffer's Culture and Benefits Here: https://www.caroffer.com/about/careers
